Would I be right to Assume?.....

[sheilajim]

Hi Everybody

Recently I got a breakthrought to the 18th century. I was able to trace a link of my ancestors to Fintry, Stirlingshire, from at least 1760 to 1806. I traced my John Dunn McDonald to his mother Chirstan Dun. Her parents were William Din and Margaret McNab. (Notice the change in name)

This made me interested in Fintry, and when I read the evaluations of Fintry 1799 & 1841, it stated that the people there had been cut off from the rest of the country for centuries, even though they were close to Glasgow and even closer to Stirling.

If that is so, would I be right to assume, that this branch of my family goes back for at least a few centuries in Fintry? There are plenty of Dins in Fintry, but till the OPR's come online, I can't tell which ones are related to me.

One more or maybe two more questions. In a small area like Fintry, there were Tenant Farmers. I have heard that some of these rentals lasted generations. If a family had many children, were these rentals broken into smaller pieces, or rented whole to the oldest son? Does anyone know?

Thanks

Sheila

Researching: Dun/Din, McDonald, McNab in Sterlingshire. McLaren, Boyd, Kennedy, McKee, Veany in Refrewshire & Ulster. Moran, Langan in Scotland & Ireland. plus many more

[LesleyB]

Hi Sheila
I know the area around Fintry in Stirlingshire a little as I know some people who live near there. Looking at the Old Statistical Account it certainly states that the roads had not been not good, but this seems to have been rectified:
"Fintry is now easily accessible on all sides" - but I'm sure there would still have been some coming and going, even before the road improvements & I do doubt the folk there were entirely "cut off" from the rest of the country.

You should be able to order any films of OPRs you are interested in from your local LDS family history centre at a small cost. Wating for them to come online could be a looooong wait!

From GRO - http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/famrec/h ... r-cov.html
here is a list of the OPRs which exist for Fintry.

• 480. FINTRY
  480/1 B 1659-1744 M - D -
  480/2 B 1747-1819 * M 1667-1819 D -
  480/3 B 1820-54* M 1820-54 D 1841-54
  480/4 * Separate index to B 1748-1854

You'll just have to hope that the records were kept regularly and neatly and give lots of information - sadly, not always the case.
Best wishes
Lesley

[sheilajim]

Hi Leslie

I would imagine that there must have been some coming and going. With such a small population, they probably went outside, to at least, find a wife or husband, not to mention selling their cattle and sheep.

I would also imagine, that the OPRs, coming online at SP, would be the biggest event, they would have since they started, but as you say, it could be a very long wait before that happens. Hopefully I will be able to get some information from the LDS.

Regards

Sheila